US Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy announced on June 27th 2018 that he would retire later this summer, setting in motion discussions over the future of the Supreme Court while giving US President Donald Trump a possibility “to put a more conservative...

On June 21 2018, Advocate General Wathelet rendered his opinion in joined Cases C-391/16 M v Ministerstvo vnitra, C-77/17 and C-78/17 X v Commissaire général aux réfugiés et aux apatrides. According to the Advocate General, the provisions of the Qualification...

On June 5th 2018, the European Court of Justice rendered its judgment in case Case C‑673/16, finding that all EU Members must recognize same-sex marriage in relation to immigration cases where one partner is a citizen of the EU. The Court held : 1. In a situation in...

The International Court of Justice finds that it has jurisdiction in the case Immunities and Criminal Proceedings (Equatorial Guinea v. France), on the basis of the Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations concerning the Compulsory Settlement...

The ECtHR Chamber dealing with 4 inter-State applications by Ukraine against Russia has decided to relinquish jurisdiction over the cases in favour of the Grand Chamber. The four cases concern Ukraine’s allegations of violations of the European Convention on Human...

On 24 April 2018, the US Court rendered its decision in Jesner v. Arab Bank. The Court found that foreign citizens cannot sue foreign corporations for civil damages in U.S. federal courts for serious violations of international law, such as torture or extrajudicial...